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RBFRIGBRATOR. No. 432,711. Patented July 22, 1890.

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SPEGFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 4:32,'711, dated July 22, 1890. Application tiled .Tune 14, 1890. Serial No. 355,453. (No model.)

To all when@ t may concern:

Be it known that we, Ennis-Uni. POOLE and JOHN A. VELTY, citizens of the United States of America, residing;n at Arcadia, in the county of Hancock and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in llefrigerators, of which the following;` is a speci-4 fication, reference being had therein to the accompanying` drawings.

Our invention relates to refrigerators; and it has for its object the production of a reti-ig erator wherein meats, vegetables, fruit, doc., may be kept cool, and wherein also liquids maybe cooled as wanted for use, both of these ends being` attained with the consumption of a minimum quantity of ice.

The invention will first be described in connection with the accompanying' drawings, and then pointed out in the claims,

Figure l of the drawings is a perspective view of our refrigerator. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same with the front side of the box removed. Fig. 3 a transverse section of the same, taken on the line zr, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the liquid-cooler. Fig. 5 is a perspective View of the ice-pau.

Referring to the drawings, A is a wooden box, which may, if desired, be lined with a suitable non-heat-condnoting material. l't is provided with a hinged lid l and two doors 2 in front, which doors occupy a little less than two-thirds of the length of the box, leaving' a closed portion at one ond, as shown in Fig. 1.

ln the bon A, opposite its doors 2, is placed the ice-pan ll'which is made of galvanized iron or other suitable metal, and preferably of a shape slightly slopingl inward from the top toward its bottom, as shown. On the inner side of this. pan near its top are secured two ledges 3, for supporting' the receptacle for meats, vegetables, dsc., which will be described farther on, and near the bottom of the ice-pan at one end there is a drip-pipe 4l, which cX- tends out through the box A, as seen in Fig. 2, for a purpose which will be hereinafter eX- plained. l

C is the liquid-cooler, which is preferably made of copper, although galvanized iron or other like metals will answer. It consists of two rectangular plates of metal joined together water-tight all around their edgesin such a manner that the plates will be about an inch, more or less, apart. Both the upper and lower plates are perforated, as shown, and in these perforations are secured short. open- 'ende'd tubes 5. The cooler rests upon supports G, which are made of strips of metal having` their sides bent up at right angles and secured to the bottom of the cooler, as clearly seen in Fig. Ll. This cooler is placed within the icepan, upon the bottom thereof, and is provided with two nozzles 7 and S, which pass p through holes 9 in the pan.

D is the provision-receptacle, which consists, simply, of a rectangular sheet-metalbox,

(preferably of copper,) provided in front wit-h two doors l0 and having` perforations 1l in its bottom. As before stated, this receptacle rests upon the ledges in the icepan.

In one end of box A there is a bench E or other suitable support upon which to place a keg F or other vessel containing` the liquid which it is desired to have cooled as it is wanted for use. This cooling of the liquid only as it is wanted for use results in an immense saving of ice, especially when that liquid is beer, for the reason that the staves of beer-kegsare so thick that it takes a great quantity of ice to lower the temperature sufficiently to affect the contents of the keg.

The kegor other vessel F is connected with the liquid-cooler by a rubber hose G, leading from its bung to the nozzle 7 of the cooler. A spigot ll is connected to the nozzle 8 of the vcooler and extends out lthrough the box A, as clearly seen in Fig'.

ln arranging our refrigerator for use we first place the ice-pan in position, then pnt the liquid-cooler in the pan, then place the ice I upon the cooler, and then place the provisionreeept-acle on the ledges in the ice-pan, where it will be directly over the ice. XVe then connect the beer-keg or other vessel With the cooler. lt will be observed that the cold air oif of the ice passing up into the provisionreceptacle will keep its contents cool, and as the ice lies directly upon theliquid-cooler, and the water from the melting ice passes down' through the tubes 5 and rises in the ice-pan to near the top of the cooler, Where its level is maintained by the drip-pipe 4, in order to prevent the water from reaching the ice, the cooler is at all times kept at a low tempera tnre. Then the liquid-vessel is connected IOO yvith the cooler, the liquid Will flow into and fill the latter, from Which it can be drawn as Wanted for use, when more will run in to keep thc cooler full. As the sheet of liquid in the cooler is necessarily thin, and also broken by the vertical tubes, it is apparent that theliquid can be cooled sufficiently for' use as fast as it is drawn from the cooler.

Having thus described our invention,what We claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a refrigerator provided with anicepan and a provision-receptacle having a perforated bottom mounted thereon, a liquidcooler consisting of a thin b0x-like rmetal structure having Open-ended tubes passing through its upper and lower plates and provided with inlet and outlet nozzles, the said cooler located Within the ice-pan and supportzoing the ice, for the purposes setl forth.

2. In a refrigerator, the combination, With a Wooden box and a liquid-vessel therein, of

an .ice-pan provided With a drip-pipe near its bottom, a provision-receptacle having a perforated bottom mounted upon said pan, and a liquid-cooler located in the ice-pan, the cooler on Which the ice is placed oonsistingof a thin box-like metal structure having Open-ended EMANUEL POOLE. JOHN A. VVELTY.

Witnesses:

P. L. MOUNTS, THOMAS JORDAN. 

